This was an indescribably magical experience; photos do no justice.
Tane Mahuta ("Lord of the Forest")
The largest living kauri tree at 51.5 metres tall (trunk height of 17.7 metres), 13,8 metres around, and a trunk volume of 244.5 metres. It is estimated that Tane Mahuta sprang from seed during the lifetime of Jesus Christ.
Older and wider than Tane with a girth of 16.41 metres, but its trunk height is only 10.21 metres (total height just 29.9 metres) and its trunk volume is 208.1 metres, making it the second largest kauri tree.